DISASTER READINESS AND

RISK REDUCTION
A SUDDEN, CALAMITOUS EVENT,
BRINGING GREAT DAMAGE, LOSS,
DESTRUCTION AND DEVASTATION TO LIFE
AND PROPERTY” (ASIAN DISASTER
PREPAREDNESS CENTER- ADPC, 2012). ITS
ORIGIN CAN BE NATURAL, SUCH AS
EARTHQUAKES, FLOODS, AND
HURRICANES, OR HUMAN ORIGIN, SUCH
AS EXPLOSIONS, NUCLEAR ACCIDENTS
AND TERRORIST ACTS.
DISASTER IS DEFINED AS “ A SERIOUS
ADISRUPTION OF THE FUNCTIONING
OF SOCIETY CAUSING WIDESPREAD
HUMAN, MATERIAL OR
ENVIRONMENTAL LOSSES, WHICH
EXCEED THE ABILITY OF THE AFFECTED
PEOPLE TO COPE, USING THEIR
HUMAN RESOURCES” ( ADELMAN,
2011).
 NATURE OF DISASTERS
DISASTER ARE OF TWO TYPES –
NATURAL AND MAN MADE . BASED
ON THE DEVASTATION, THESE ARE
FURTHER CLASSIFIED INTO MINOR OR
MAJOR NATURAL DISASTERS AND
MAJOR OR MINOR MAN MADE
DISASTERS
 NATURAL DISASTERS
THESE ORIGINATED FROM DIFFERENT
“FORCES” OF NATURE ( GEOLOGICAL,
METEOROLOGICAL, HYDRO
METEOROLOGICAL AND BIOLOGICAL).
NATURAL DISASTER SUCH AS
EARTHQUAKES, VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS,
TYPHOONS, AND CYCLONES AFFECTS
MANY COUNTRIES IN ASIA PARTICULARLY
THE PHILIPPINES.
 HUMAN MADE DISASTER
THIS DISASTER OCCUR DUE TO PEOPLES
ACTIONS AGAINST HUMAN, MATERIAL AND
ENVIRONMENT. THIS INCLUDE TRANSPORT
AND INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS, SUCH AS, AIR
AND TRAIN CRUSHES, CHEMICAL SPILLS, AND
BUILDING COLLAPSES. TERRORISM IS ALSO
CATEGORIZED AS HUMAN MADE DISASTER.
 TYPES OF DISASTER
BELOW IS A LIST OF THE VARIOUS TYPES OF
DISASTERS, BOTH NATURAL AND MAN-
MADE OR TECHNOLOGICAL IN NATURE
THAT CAN IMPACT A COMMUNITY. ( HEWITH
AND BURTON,1971)
 NATURAL TYPES OF DISASTER
AGRICULTURAL DISEASE AND PEST
STORM SURGE
DROUGHT AND WATER SHORTAGE – EL NIÑO
EARTHQUAKES
HURRICANES AND TROPICAL STORM
LANDSLIDE AND DEBRIS FLOW
THUNDERSTORMS AND LIGHTNING
TORNADOES
TSUNAMIS
WILDFIRES
SINKHOLES
EMERGENCY DISEASE ( PANDEMIC INFLUENZA )
EXTREME HEAT
FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS
LA NINA
 HUMAN MADE AND TECHNOLOGICAL TYPES
OF DISASTER
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
POWER SERVICE DISRUPTION AND BLACK OUT
NUCLEAR POWER PLANT AND NUCLEAR BLAST
RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCIES
CHEMICAL THREAT AND BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS
CYBER ATTACKS
EXPLOSION
CIVIL UNREST
RISK FACTORS UNDERLYING DISASTERS
A NUMBER OF FACTORS MAKE IT MORE
LIKELY THAT THOSE AFFECTED WILL HAVE
MORE SEVERE OR LONGER-LASTING STRESS
REACTIONS AFTER DISASTER.
 PROBLEM.

GENDER AND FAMILY

ALMOST ALWAYS, WOMAN OR GIRL SUFFER MORE

NEGATIVE EFFECTS THAN DO MEN OR BOYS.

AGE

ADULTS WHO ARE IN THE RANGE OF 40-60 ARE

LIKELY TO BE MORE DISTRESS AFTER DISASTER.
 EFFECTS OF NATURALS DISASTER ON HUMAN LIFE
DISPLACED POPULATION
ONE OF THE MOST IMMEDIATE EFFECTS OF NATURAL DISASTER IS
POPULATION DISPLACEMENT.

HEALTH RISKS
ASIDE FROM THE IMMEDIATE DANGER THAT NATURAL DISASTERS
PRESENT, THE SECONDARY EFFECTS CAN BE JUST AS DAMAGING.

FOOD SCARCITY
AFTER NATURAL DISASTER, FOOD OFTEN BECOME SCARE.

EMOTIONAL AFTERSHOCKS
NATURAL DISASTERS CAN BE PARTICULARLY TRAUMATIC FOR YOUNG
CHILDREN.
 HOW AND WHEN AN EVENT
BECOMES A DISASTER
AN EVENT, EITHER HUMAN-MADE OR
NATURAL, BECOMES A DISASTER WHEN
IT IS SUDDEN OR PROGRESSIVE,
CAUSING WIDESPREAD HUMAN,
MATERIAL OR ENVIRONMENTAL LOSSES.
 AREAS/LOCATIONS EXPOSED TO NATURAL
HAZARDS
AREAS/LOCATIONS EXPOSED TO
COSTAL AREAS STORM SURGE, TSUNAMI OR TIDAL WAVES
RECLAIMED AREAS FLOODING, SINKHOLE
NEAR FAULT LINES EARTH QUAKE
ON FOOT OR DENUDED MOUNTAIN MUDSLIDE/LANDSLIDE
NEAR VOLCANOES (DANGER ZONES) VOLCANIC ERUPTION- PYROCLASTIC MATERIALS,
LAHAR FLOW, LAVA FLOW AND ASH FALL
RIVER BANKS AND ESTEROS FLOODING, FLASH FLOODS
OPEN FIELDS THUNDERSTORM, HAILSTORM, BLIZZARD
EXPOSED TO MAN-MADE HAZARD
AREAS/ LOCATIONS EXPOSED TO

NEAR OIL DEPOT OIL SPILL, POLLUTION

NEAR MINING PROJECTS TOXIC WASTE- HEAVY METAL, LEAD, MERCURY,

NITRIC ACID, ETC.

NEAR CHEMICAL PLANTS CHEMICAL FUMES, CHEMICAL WASTE

NEAR NUCLEAR PLANTS NUCLEAR WASTE, POSSIBLE TECHNICAL FAILURE,

LEAKS, OR WORSE ACCIDENTAL EXPLOSION

NEAR FACTORIES FACTORY WASTE, POLLUTION

UNSAFE BUILDING STRUCTURE FIRE

PUBLIC PLACES IN MEGA CITIES TERRORISM

DISASTER FROM DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE

A DISASTER IS A RESULT OF A VAST

ECOLOGICAL BREAKDOWN IN THE
RELATION BETWEEN HUMANS AND THEIR
ENVIRONMENT; A SERIOS OR SUDDEN
EVENT ON SUCH A SCALE THAT THE
STRICKEN COMMUNITY NEEDS
EXTRAORDINARY EFFORTS TO COPE WITH
IT, OFTEN WITH OUTSIDE HELP OR
INTERNATIONAL AID.
 PHYSICAL PERSPECTIVE
PSYCHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE
SOCIO-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE
ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE
POLITICAL PERSPECTIVE
ENVIRONMENTAL PERSPECTIVE
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